maintenance

From LSJ

πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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substantive

support: P. and V. τροφή, ἡ, Ar. and P. ἐφόδια, τά.

keep: Ar. and P. σίτησις, ἡ.

living, livelihood: P. and V. βίος, ὁ, Ar. and V. βίοτος, ὁ.

preservation: P. and V. σωτηρία, ἡ, φυλακή, ἡ.